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MUFFLERS and
and MORE is now Kenny's Lakes Area Auto Experts!
We've evolved: more training, more services, everything you need!
We're changing our name to reflect the direction we've been moving in for years.
The name is changing, but our hearts and commitment are the same.
Kenny "the Car Guy" Walters, owns
the award-winning auto shop
and is a member of Temple Israel
"A city is only as good as
its ability to attract the best
talent to propel it forward."
— Stephen Maiseloff
Lakes Area Auto Experts
at 490 N. Pontiac Trail
in Walled Lake
248.668.1200
www.lakesareaauto.com
Seen Monthly on
kim_ WXYZ Channel 7
Email Kenny the Car Guy at
kenny@lakesareaautacom
Join us for
KENNY'S LAKES
AREA AUTO CARE
EXPERTS
Adoption Event
and Car Show
on May 16th!
Detroit Dog Rescue dogs will be available to meet 11am-3pml
There will also be a classic and hot rod car show, treats for
dogs and their people and more, so make sure you stop byl
Anyone interested in adopting these two should stop by,
meet them first and then fill out an adoption application.
SEE YOU THERE!
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IMAGINE T
General admission to the Detroit Institute of Arts is free for
residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
SUNDAY MUSIC BAR
Detroit's Mariachi Gallos De Oro perform their own brand of
festive Mexican folk music in a celebration of Diego Rivera and
Frida Kahlo. Kresge Court, 1 G 3 p.m.
FINAL DAYS!
Make A Joyful Noise:
Renaissance Art and Music in Florence
and
Photographs from the Detroit Walk-in
Portrait Studio by Corine Vermeulen
Through THIS SUNDAY May 17.
Free with general museum admission.
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DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS
May 14 • 2015
5200 WOODWARD AVE.
313.833.7900 I DIA.ORG
One likely enhancement at the
Amtrak train station, near the M-1
line, will be new service to Detroit
Metropolitan Airport and Ann Arbor.
With the future of public transpor-
tation considered to be at a critical
moment, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a
bill establishing the Regional Transit
Authority of Southeast Michigan in
December 2012. RTA Chief Executive
Officer Michael Ford, who started in
October, previously ran the Ann Arbor
Transit Authority.
He consults and collaborates with
government leaders, community
partners and other stakeholders to
coordinate and build a better transit
system throughout Wayne, Oakland,
Macomb and Washtenaw counties.
He is also seeking buy-in for an antic-
ipated millage vote on regional transit
improvement on the November 2016
ballot.
The RTA plans a major public out-
reach through the summer. People
will have the opportunity to express
their ideas for improving transit in
this region at organized community
meetings and in online and telephone
surveys.
Conversation Shifting
Renewed hope for better bus service
in Detroit came with the February
announcement that DDOT (Detroit
Department of Transportation) will
introduce new buses this year, replac-
ing some of its dilapidated fleet.
Observing these developments,
Freshwater Transit — always inno-
vative and motivated — appreci-
ates that the local conversation has
shifted. Instead of, "why bother; we're
the Motor City:' there's an under-
standing that better transit is desired,
even if people don't know exactly
how it would work. Company leaders
are convinced that widespread, reli-
able public transit, where schedules
wouldn't be necessary, could happen
here.
"We know that other cities have
effective transit systems, but we've
failed to identify — or even ask —
what makes those systems effective
Maiseloff said.
That's about to change as Freshwater
Transit develops a series of "short and
fun video segments focused on cities
where public transit works well;' he
said. The project, 15 Minutes or Better
— a Field Guide to Everyday Transit, is
currently in fundraising mode.
September is when Freshwater
Transit plans to begin filming pas-
sengers utilizing transit systems
in Kansas City Seattle, Cleveland,
Portland, Houston, Los Angeles and
Washington, D.C. Each video created
by writer-producer Greenberg, the
transit expert, will highlight a fun-
damental concept of effective transit,
including route coverage, service
hours and waiting times.
Without lecturing or off-putting
jargon, 15 Minutes or Better will "show
exactly what transit does, how transit
can fit into a daily lifestyle and how it
can be a convenience rather than an
obstacle Maiseloff said.
Freshwater Transit was nominated
for an Exemplary Innovation Award
at TRU's Regional Transit Awards
Dinner held May 7 in Detroit's Hotel
St. Regis. The annual event is an
opportunity for the transit commu-
nity to celebrate
those bringing
energy and creativ-
ity to improve pub-
lic transit in Metro
Detroit.
"Most people in
this region drive just
Irs
about everywhere,"
Megan Owens
said Owens of TRU.
"They may have
taken rapid transit
in other cities, but don't know how it
would work here. Freshwater Transit is
taking on the important challenge of
helping people in this region to think
about transit in a new way:'
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Contributions for 15 Minutes or Better will
be accepted through June at Freshwater
Transit Solutions, 1570 Woodward Avenue,
Second Floor, Detroit, Ml 48226. Make
checks payable to: 15 Minutes or Better.
For details, contact Freshwater Transit
Solutions at www.freshwatertransit.com
(313) 355-2453.
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